Opinion by Barkha Dutt: Many prominent Indian TV journalists have displayed an ugly doublespeak when it comes to whose liberties they are prepared to protect.
Global Opinions contributing columnistA student holds an Indian flag on Aug. 12 during rehearsals ahead of the 75th Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore. was arrested over a 4-year-old tweet
To be sure, in any robust democracy, journalists — or politicians— should not face prison over remarks, no matter how lighthearted or insulting. But many prominent Indian TV journalists have displayed an ugly doublespeak when it comes to whose liberties they are prepared to protect. If anyone is hypocritical, it is them.Far from being bulwarks against political attacks on free speech, India’s news channels have become factories of hate.
Their orchestrated bigotry did not even spare the country during the height of the pandemic. When the Tablighi Jamaat, an orthodox Muslim sect, held a mass congregation in early 2020, one TV channel used the hashtag #CoronaJihad to describe the event. Another picked the visual representation of a Muslim skull cap to convey the dashboard of daily cases.
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